Since the time the Devanu were overthrown and the Fubarnii were freed from slavery, the Empire grew in power, stretching from the Gethlon Seas to the Argoran Wastes. The Fubarnii clans lived together in peace under the rule of the Emperor.

But the world is changing. The Delgon clan now claim that the Fubarnii Gods, the Enarii, walk among them. They want the whole Empire to bow to these gods, and have extended their influence far beyond ancestral Delgon territory. The Emperor is losing patience with their expansion, and a ferocious storm is brewing.

The once proud and powerful Devanu still haunt the edges of the Empire. In spite of their fall and their current struggle for survival, the Devanu still believe in their superiority, and dream of regaining their former glory.

In the vast forests of Anyaral, another force is stirring. The Delgon work-teams move deeper among the trees, felling them in huge numbers to fuel their campaign. But in doing so they have awoken the forest's denizens; recently many teams have been lost, and those who survived spoke of vast swarms of Frenu and monstrous beasts that tore through their machinery and slaughtered the workers.